Bottle-case.



.G. G. ROBERTS.

BOTTLE CASE.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 9,- 1911.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

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BOTTLE-CASE.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE G. ROBERTS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle- Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bottle shipping cases of that type which comprise a receptacle and a plurality of pins or pegs spaced apart on the bottom of the receptacle to re tain in an upright position the bottles between them, the engagement of the pegs by the bottles serving to prevent the bottles from moving around within the receptacle so that they will not be broken during transportation.

The invention has special reference to the construction of the peg or pin and the object of the invention is to increase the capacity of the case without increasing its size or materially increasing its cost.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which are to be taken as a part hereof, and will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features of the invention being particularly pointed out in the claims appended to the description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a bottle case embodying my invention and showing bottles in position within a portion of the case. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 are enlarged detail sectional views of different forms of pegs or pins which carry out the invention.

The particular construction of the receptacle or case proper l is immaterial, but I prefer to employ acase provided with a cover 2 connected with the body of the receptacle by a sliding or hinged connection illustrated at 3, whereby the cover may be turned into a vertical position at the back of the body and may also be drawn forward over the body, so as to rest upon the upper edges thereof to close the same, a seal 4 being employed to secure the cover in the closed position. The bottom of the receptacle is preferably composed of lon gitudinal slats or bars 5 having openings or slots 6 between their edges to ventilate the case, and the pegs or pins 7 rise from and are secured in the said slats or bars. These pins or pegs are arranged at equal Specification of Letters latent.

Application filed November 9, 1911.

Patented Feb. 1Q, 1914. Serial No. 659,437.

intervals upon the bottom of the receptacle, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and may be constructed of wood, metal, paper pulp, or other preferred material. The external surface .of the pins is generally cylindrical and in the upper ends of the pins, I provide open-top recesses or sockets 8, which will be of such depth as to permit the neck of the bottle to be fully entered thereinto, as shown in Fig. 2. The recesses or sockets 8 will be given any desired shape, so that they will accommodate bottles of any form, and will fit snugly to the neck of the bottles so as to support the same firmly against oscillation. It will be readily understood, upon reference to Figs. 1 and 2, that the bottles are arranged alternately in upright and inverted positions within the receptacle, the upright bottles being placed between the pegs and the inverted bottles being engaged within the hollow upper ends of the same. the bottlecase or crate is thus greatly increased without altering the dimensions or form. of the same. The bottles will be effectually held out of contact with each other and the hollow upper ends of the pegs or pins will fit around the inverted bottles snugly enough to hold them firmly and prevent jarring or moving of the same during transportation, while at the same time they will exert no lateral ,or breaking strain upon the bottles.

The lower end of the pin is constructed wit-ha tenon 9 which may be a smooth cylindrical stud, as shown in Fig. 3, or may be externally threaded, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. This tenon is provided with a diametrical opening or passage 10 which be engaged by a pin or key 11 inserted transverselv through the bar or slat 5 to thereby lock the pin firmly in place within the receptacle. While I prefer to use this pin or key 11 in all instances, for the sake of greater security, it may be dispensed with, especially when the tenon is threaded. lVhen the tenon is threaded, the opening within the bar or slat 5 will be threaded also and the engagement of the threaded parts will ordinarily suffice to hold the pin securely in place.

In Fig. 3 the pin is illustrated as being turned out from a solid block of wood, but my invention is not restricted to this particular construction.

In Fig. 4 I have shown the pin as consist- The capacity of 7 to permit the entrance of the bottle neck and will fit snugly around the same to firmly support the bottle. The upper end of the body 12 is provided with a recess or socket 16 which receives the mouth of the inverted bottle and thereby aids the lip 15 in supporting the same.

In Fig. 5 I have shown the pin as con structed entirely of sheet-metal, which may be shaped by any well known metal working process. In this particular form of the pin there is an upper cylindrical member or portion 17 and lip 18', corresponding to the cylindrical portion 13 and lip 15 shown in Fig. t, while the lower portion of the pin is contracted, as shown at 19, to form internal shoulders or rests adapted to be engaged by the end of the inverted bottle and supported thereby. The lower end of the pin is formed to present an annular shoulder 20 adapted to rest upon the upper side of the bar 5, and depending from the said shoulder is a stem 21 passing through the said bar and having its lower extremity turned outwardly to engage the underside of the bar. The key 11 is inserted through the stem 21, as shown, and the said key, together with the shoulder 20 and the lip 22, will firmly secure the pin in position.

In Fig. 6 is shown another form of sheet metal pin, which is constructed with an outer cylindrical wall 23 provided at its lower end with a horizontal shoulder or base 2% adapted to rest upon the upper sideof the bar 5, and an inner wall 25 which is of tapered or conical formation terminating in a cylindrical stem extending through the bar 5 and having its lower extremity turned outwardly to form a lip or shoulder 26 engaging the under side of the bar. The inner and outer walls are united at their upper ends, as clearly shown, and thereby serve to reinforce each other, this construction being advantageous when very heavy or large bottles are to be shipped.

My improved pin can be constructed at a. slight cost and will be firmly held within the case when in position, as will be readily understood. The pin as before explained vastly increases the capacity of the receptacle, and instead of increasing the weight of the case or crate actually reduces the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as novel and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a receptacle, of a plurality of pins rising from the bottom thereof and spaced apart to retain upright bottles placed between them, the upper ends of the pins being hollow to receive and support inverted bottles.

2. The combination with a receptacle, of a plurality of pins rising from. the bottom thereof and having iollow upper ends adapted to receive and support inverted bottles.

3. The combination with a receptacle, of a pin rising from the bottom thereof and comprising a hollow body having an inturned yieldable bottle-sustaining lip at its upper end.

l. The combination with a receptacle, of a pin rising from' the bottom thereof and comprising a substantially cylindrical sheetmetal body having its upper edge turned inwardly and downwardly.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

GEO. G. ROBERTS. lVitnesses EARLE Pnrnns, SAML. KorrN.

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